Mudryk Chelsea return will take time - Alonso

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"Yes, he is coming to Hong Kong, but I haven't spoken to him yet," he said.Alonso added: "It's too early to tell how he is in terms of fitness, in terms of the game time you need to be involved again, so it's still too early to tell."But we are happy for him, especially for him, because we are probably not able to understand what he has been through during this time and how he feels at the moment with the things he has had to cope with."Mudryk has not been able to train at Chelsea's training ground or work with club staff. Instead, he hired his own private coach and goalkeepers, and conducted training sessions at non-league side Uxbridge."We expect that it will take time," Alonso added."He trained on his own every day, and I think it had to be really, really hard because he wanted to play football, he wanted to be part of a team, and he was not allowed to do that for such a long time."Afterwards we will see if it's quicker or slower, but we need to be aware of that.

He deserves to play."He is a top guy, a good player. I hope he can show, in this next season, what he suffered over the last two years.

I left that team, that club, not for football, despite it being maybe the best level of football I have coached."Alonso added: "Yeah, I remember watching him at Shakhtar, the impact he had, how quick he was, how good he was in one-on-one situations and how he could create a lot of situations on his own. He's a special player, but he will need time, for sure."